Hard Drive Controller

The hard drive controller is an integrated dual-channel PCI/IDE interface is capable of controlling up to four IDE devices and supporting PIO Modes 0- 4.

Adaptec® AIC™-7880 SCSI Controller

This is a high-performance, PnP compliant, single-chip PCI local bus-to- UltraSCSI master host adapter. Its pin compatibility provides a direct upgrade path for higher I/O bandwidth requirements with data rates of 20- MB/sec in the 8-bit mode and 40-MB/sec in the 16-bit mode.

Additional features:

•Full 32-bit PCI bus master implementation maximizing data transfer on PCI local bus at 133-MB/sec data bursts

•BIOS Developer’s Kit (BDK) allowing easy customization of system BIOS code for various features

•SCAM (SCSI Configured Automatically) Level 1 for Windows 95® enabling automatic configuration of new devices without having to reboot the system.

•Wide SCSI configuration supporting up to 15 connected SCSI peripherals•Multithreading support for up to 255 simultaneous I/O tasks

•Advanced SCSI I/O cell ensuring data integrity by automatically and continuously adjusting slew rate to compensate for SCSI bus loading

•Driver support for all major operating systems

I/O Card Slot

The I/O ports are housed on an I/O card which is factory installed in this slot.

System Board 17